tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83755702597596119442018-03-07T14:08:42.707-05:00Hi-Fi Holiday - Great Vintage Christmas Music on LP now on MP3!Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-1045115152405424272016-12-14T22:09:00.000-05:002016-12-14T22:09:23.829-05:00A Big Christmas Album for Merv Griffin & TV Family
Merry Christmas 2016! I'm excited to return with a new album to share. The good news I've already matched my output from the each of the past three years — with a single album!
I think this is a good one to do it with too — A Big Christmas Album for Merv Griffin & TV Family (MGM Records SE-4401 / Stereo / 1966), a.k.a. "And a sled.. and a catcher's mitt... and a puppy... and a popgun... and a Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-59265260262051423152015-12-06T23:21:00.000-05:002015-12-06T23:21:09.024-05:00Merry Christmas - Richard Lefevre and His Orchestra
Welcome back, it's been awhile, hasn't it? About a year!
While I only managed to share one album last year, I hope to at least double that amount this year.
Let's get started with this (1968) gem from Richard Lefevre and His Orchestra, on the Kapp label (FCS-4257) and recorded in France (says so right on the back.)
I was lucky to track down a sealed copy of this LP, so the recording you're Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-34494886210699324212014-12-14T15:36:00.000-05:002014-12-14T15:36:10.742-05:00Merry Christmas Barbershop Style - Evans Quartet
Howdy, Christmas music-seekers. You didn't think I'd forget about you this year, did you? Never.
Kicking off this (very) shortened sharing season, here are the Barbershop vocal stylings of the Evans Quartet.
From the notes on the back cover (Decca DL 74162 / Stereo):
"The Evans Quartet — Turk Evans, tenor; Pres Evans, lead; Gene Smith, baritone; and Shirl Beckstead, bass — were the 1960 Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-79754536551548943542013-12-18T22:25:00.000-05:002013-12-18T22:25:27.679-05:00A Golden Christmas Sing-A-Long - Sandpiper Chorus and Orchestra
You folks must have been real good this year, as here's another rarity (no alternate download spots on Google — my barometer for whether something is available!) — A Golden Christmas Sing-A-Long by the Sandpiper Chorus and Orchestra (Golden Records L67 / Arranged and Conducted by Jim Timmens, 1962.)
Like to sing-a-long with Christmas music? Well, here's your chance! "Performed in the proper Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-79428298662926532632013-12-11T20:36:00.002-05:002013-12-11T20:36:54.059-05:00Merry Christmas from Bonnie Guitar
My apologies for slacking off this season... I hope this album will more than make up for it!
I was surprised to find that in this great universe of Christmas music blogs, Merry Christmas from Bonnie Guitar (Dot Records DLP 25746, Stereo) had not already been shared.
Released on LP in 1966, and (to date) never re-issued on CD, this smooth collection features a coo-ing Bonnie Guitar on vocals,Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-79235512080343858892013-11-11T21:53:00.002-05:002013-11-26T19:53:33.734-05:00Updated LinksNew links for:
The Joy of Christmas - The Living Guitars
Merry Christmas - The Mills Brothers
Christmas with The William Booth Singers and Salvation Army Band
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - As Told by Paul WingRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-17074599596458138802013-10-02T22:23:00.001-04:002013-10-02T22:23:46.894-04:00October UpdateHowdy, folks! Just a couple of weeks before I start posting some new (old) albums here at Hi-Fi Holiday! In the meanwhile, please enjoy some updated links. If you've tried to grab a classic christmas record in the past 6-10 months but the link was dead, please try again. They're now completely fixed! See you in November...Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-78812116030728217562012-11-27T22:07:00.000-05:002013-10-02T22:15:57.102-04:00Merry Christmas with The Four Aces — The Four Aces
Christmas is a many-splendored thing... When you're spending the holiday with The Four Aces! Welcome to Hi-Fi Holiday, 2012 edition!
The first post of the season is Merry Christmas with The Four Aces (Decca / 1955 / mono) — an album, despite the notoriety of the artists, which has never appeared on CD (allegedly released on cassette, however.) Note that this album is available to download via Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-6440317113059705002012-11-15T10:13:00.003-05:002012-11-15T10:13:36.826-05:00Welcome, Christmas 2012!Hi, folks — Hi-Fi Holidays will resume it's annual album posting schedule shortly. I am cleaning up some recordings made (but never finished) last year, and starting up new ones for this season.
There have been a handful of comments about old album links not working, and I hope to fix those as well.
Stay tuned!Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-61736485955214290632011-12-20T20:41:00.000-05:002011-12-20T20:52:06.762-05:00Christmas Surprises From The Ralph Hunter Choir
Hoo boy, just days from Christmas 2011! My apologies for the lack of prolific album shares, but I seem to end up recording more than I can share here. Why not finish 2011 with a doozy — albeit a title that has been shared previously elsewhere (via Ernie Not Bert). My philosophy: I ripped it, so I might as well share it! Here then is Christmas Surprises From The Ralph Hunter Choir.
This one hasRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-47729080854287866652011-12-14T20:40:00.000-05:002011-12-14T20:42:48.208-05:00Christmas with Waldo de los Rios
Waldo de los Rios, according to Wikipedia, was an Argentine composer, conductor and arranger. He passed away in 1977, just a few years after he recorded and released this album, Christmas with Waldo de los Rios (aka "Navidad Con Waldo de Los Rios") for Hispa-Vox (Capitol in North America). Rios was known for adapting classical music into a contemporary (for the time) easy-listening style and Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-79875205973113753322011-12-13T08:51:00.000-05:002011-12-14T20:41:27.555-05:00New music comin' soon!Hi folks — just an update... I had a couple of albums ready to go to post, however one was recently shared elsewhere (Christmas Surprises with the Ralph Hunter Choir — though I might still share it!) and another was recently released on CD (We All Need a Little Christmas by The Golddiggers.) So instead I'll post another album this week. New post here!Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-40004739227495345642011-11-30T19:41:00.001-05:002013-10-02T22:16:37.071-04:00Christmas Is For Children — Various
Getting the (snow) ball rolling on 2010, here's a various artists album, Christmas Is For Children, from Lion Records (L70079) dated 1958, featuring a trio of kiddie tunes from Barry Gordon ("I Like Christmas"), Little Rita Faye ("I Fell Out of the Christmas Tree" — for you rural Christmas nuts) and Leslie Uggams ("The Fat, Fat Man"). You'll find the sound quality varies between each track (Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-91274549042649343692011-11-12T13:04:00.000-05:002011-11-12T13:04:23.523-05:00Do you hear what I hear?Howdy, folks! I've been working on my annual Christmas compilation, aptly titled Hi-Fi Holidays, and it struck me — I've got to get to sharing some Christmas music on this here blog again. Please stay tuned, more musical yuletide memories are in store. See you soon!Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-8771553409470206592010-12-22T17:00:00.000-05:002010-12-22T17:00:00.312-05:00Meilleurs Voeux (Season's Greetings) - Lucien HetuIt's December the 22nd... And you are longing to be up... North...? The date may be wrong, but the sentiment is the same -- everyone wants a Christmas Made in Canada! To round out my album shares this season, I present to you Meilleurs Voeux (Season's Greetings) (1963) featuring the rollicking organ sounds of Mr. Lucien Hetu, of Montreal, Quebec. Recorded on a Gulbransen Rialto K, Hetu guides us Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-63771142802653221682010-12-15T19:09:00.000-05:002013-11-11T21:37:12.000-05:00Christmas in Canada - Wilf Carter
Christmas Made in Canada! rolls on... Before there was Justin Bieber, Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Anne Murray... There was Wilf Carter! An East-Coaster (he hailed from Nova Scotia), Carter -- according to Wikipedia -- is the father of country music in Canada, and judging by the photo on the cover, was one happy dude. And it shows in this RCA Camden recording of 10 Christmas tunes, Christmas in Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-13836619691108510952010-12-08T21:37:00.002-05:002010-12-08T21:39:27.987-05:00Juliette's Christmas World - JulietteContinuing with the Christmas Made in Canada! theme, here's the second and probably coolest album I'll share with you this Christmas season (in my humble opinion), Juliette's Christmas World by ("Our Pet") Juliette, the 1960s Canadian TV icon.
There were three staples of a Canadian Christmas in the early-to-mid '60s: snow, Hockey Night in Canada on CBC and Juliette. No wonder then that Juliette Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-83086741507539246252010-11-29T21:23:00.001-05:002010-11-29T21:24:28.400-05:00Ring Christmas Bells - Boris Brott, Hamilton PhilharmonicEarlier I mentioned a theme for 2010's posts, and now it's time to reveal that theme: Christmas Made in Canada! Yes, that's right, Hi-Fi Holiday is HQ'd in the Great White North. What better place in the world to celebrate the Yuletide season, where it's very cold outside, baby, for almost five months a year!
Kicking off Christmas Made in Canada! is Boris Brott conducting members of the HamiltonRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-44084321288144543292010-11-09T19:36:00.000-05:002010-11-09T19:36:42.842-05:00Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Wayne KingBefore I begin posting the promised "themed" albums this season I thought I'd first post an album (or two) I've wanted to share but for one reason or another never had the opportunity.
The first is the fantastic Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (1963, Decca) performed by Wayne King and His Orchestra & Chorus featuring the Wayne Robinson Singers. I've nabbed two tracks from the album for Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-3490279591216070912010-10-21T09:14:00.001-04:002010-11-09T19:38:34.789-05:00Christmas 2010 PreviewHi, folks! Sharing time -- and Christmas -- are right around the corner, and I'm hurriedly recording some great music for Hi-Fi Holidays. This year my posts will probably be themed (more on that later), so I hope you come back in a few weeks to check out what's new. See you then!
11/9/10 - Update! All new links will be hosted on Mediafire. Older Rapidshare links will be updated ASAP. Enjoy. Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-75935244762074590352009-11-30T19:25:00.001-05:002012-11-26T21:17:55.337-05:00Caroling Caroling by The Gene Lowell ChorusI've been slacking a bit, so it's time to show Hi-Fi some love. Here's a new album: The Gene Lowell Chorus' Caroling Caroling (that's right, no punctuation!)
Released on album in 1958 (Warner Bros. Records / WS 1233), this warm-sounding, yuletide fest for male choir is a great Christmas Eve mood-setting choice.
Consisting mainly of the aforementioned male choir, there is also occasional brassRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-59274754068721198062009-10-06T20:33:00.001-04:002012-11-26T21:16:32.575-05:00The Christmas Voices of Walter Schumann - Walter SchumannWoohoo, Christmas 2009 is fast approaching! Well, it's about three months away. But I can't wait, because I've recorded a handful of albums this summer that I need to share. NOW.
First up is The Christmas Voices of Walter Schumann, the Pickwick Records re-issue and electronic stereo-ification of 1951's Christmas In The Air.
The contents of this album have been shared out a few times on some Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-55357048073027699612008-12-23T19:05:00.000-05:002009-10-14T13:17:24.217-04:00The Spirit of Christmas - The Living StringsOne more in the series of 'Living' albums, and perhaps the last post this year, here's The Spirit of Christmas by The Living Strings. This one might be the most shared Christmas album on the planet, I'm not exactly sure. But since I recorded the album for myself, I thought I should share it here too.It's up to the usual standards of the series with nice arrangements by composer Johnny Douglas, Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-77312644148968578902008-12-17T22:25:00.001-05:002012-12-18T20:00:01.807-05:00The Best-Loved Carols of Christmas - Nelson EddyChristmas music blogs are a wonderful thing. There's a handful of really great ones that dig deep each year by taking the time to restore and share some great LPs that were once lost to time. If there's a downside, it's that these great blogs have posted some great stuff I'd planned to share! I'm not going to ask them to stop -- just the opposite. But that's enough whining, it's almost Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375570259759611944.post-5296681721194358382008-11-19T20:56:00.001-05:002013-11-26T19:43:17.021-05:00The Joy of Christmas - The Living GuitarsThe "Living" series continues with... The Living Guitars! Yes, this is an entire album featuring your favorite Christmas classics all accentuated for guitars. But this should really be called The Living Guitars and Organ and Bells, because that's what you'll find in the 1969 selection.
It's a breezy and brief album (just shy of twenty-three minutes), with the arrangements best suited for Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711489411524084622noreply@blogger.com9